You Made Me Love You

I really like Neesa Hart, and this was one of her better books. Eli Liontakis is a great hero, and Liza Kincaid has a lot of spirit and style. Eli's 10-year-old daughter, Grace, adds a lot to the story, too.

Teacher Liza Kincaid invited biochemist Dr. Eli Liontakis to speak at the small Breeland Girls Academy in Terrance, Georgia. She did so because she liked his energetic speaking style and felt the students would enjoy his talk. However, that was before Eli's research into cell-life and chemical alteration took the world by storm. A Nobel Prize looks like a sure shot, yet Eli's still coming as he accepted the invitation to speak at the five hundred-student academy after he graced the cover of Time.Eli worries about his daughter Grace who survived the car accident that killed her mother. He knows he was a negligent father, hardly spending any time with his ten-year old child. Now she lives with him. He hopes that Liza's dance class will help Grace recover from all her recent traumas.When Liza and Eli meet, an electro-chemical reaction of major magnitude occurs. As they fall in love, she struggles with demons from her past and he battles in-laws over custody of Grace. Thus, a lasting relationship seems not likely to happen.YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU is an enjoyable contemporary romance that will thrill fans of the sub-genre. The story line is crisp, loaded with emotion that rarely eases up, and filled with love. Lizsa is a wonderful female lead and though Eli seems perfect as an intelligent huggable hunk, his flaws come through loud and clear via Grace. The support cast, especially Grace, provides the extra impetus needed to make readers want more novels like this angst-laden tale.Harriet Klausner